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[Aznpersuasion89]

Whoot! Got my stuff! List is
Gigabyte 970a-ud3 mobo
Amd phenom 2 x4 975 BE
Sapphire vapor x 7770
Amd peformance ram 8-8-8-24
Rosewill future case with one extra 120 fan (5x120)
Silenx efz 120 cpu cooler with gelid extreme tim
Antec 450 watt psu
1tb hdd
Dvd burner/drive
Windows 7 64bit

Assembly will either be tonight but most likely tomorrow due to work hours

Edited by Aznpersuasion89, 16 July 2012 - 11:43 AM.

[Travers]

Congrats!
Just put together a new rig too, first one I've built in about 5 years (or more)

Silverstone Raven 3 case
Asus sabertooth Z77 mobo
Core i5 3750k
16GB Corsair vengance
2 x 120GB SSD (RAID0)
Zotact GTX670 AMP! edition
be quiet! Dark power pro 750W PSU

Love the Raven case, even though it can be a bit of a pig to work in. Also the mobo only came with right-angle SATA3 cables, had to buy some normal ones to get the SSDs hooked up.
Working off a stock fan at the moment, got it clocked up to 4.3Ghz until I get the new air cooler in.

Best of luck with your build

Edited by Travers, 16 July 2012 - 12:21 PM.

[WardenWolf]

Have fun, and best of luck with the build!

[OrbitalshocK]

Travers, on 16 July 2012 - 12:19 PM, said:

Congrats!
Just put together a new rig too, first one I've built in about 5 years (or more)

Silverstone Raven 3 case
Asus sabertooth Z77 mobo
Core i5 3750k
16GB Corsair vengance
2 x 120GB SSD (RAID0)
Zotact GTX670 AMP! edition

Love the Raven case, even though it can be a bit of a pig to work in.
Working off a stock fan at the moment, got it clocked up to 4.3Ghz until I get the new air cooler in.

ballsy, sir. i've had two SSD's fail on me .

[Aznpersuasion89]

Thanks. Man I'm so scurred about not getting the all important "beep". But I guess actual hardware failure vs user error is pretty low.

[Travers]

OrbitalshocK, on 16 July 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

ballsy, sir. i've had two SSD's fail on me .

Gonna have a backup policy and stick to it (this time damnit.. this time...) ., also kept the boxes / invoice etc.

I could stick another 4 in there on the SATA2 ports and RAID 10 them, but I'd lose IO.

[Thaygood]

Good luck with the build and rock on.

[WardenWolf]

OrbitalshocK, on 16 July 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

ballsy, sir. i've had two SSD's fail on me .

All depends on the brand - quality is everything with SSDs. For that reason, we sell exclusively Intel SSDs where I work... and we have seen a failure rate of less than 2% across the whole time we've sold them (about four years now, I think). That is better than the Western Digital hard drives we carry over the same period (about 2.5% failure rate there, across all models).

[Travers]

WardenWolf, on 16 July 2012 - 12:48 PM, said:

All depends on the brand - quality is everything with SSDs. For that reason, we sell exclusively Intel SSDs where I work... and we have seen a failure rate of less than 2% across the whole time we've sold them (about four years now, I think). That is better than the Western Digital hard drives we carry over the same period (about 2.5% failure rate there, across all models).

Went with Corsair SSDs. Hoping I've got ones from a good production run

[Norg]

I just got mine put together:

AMD FX-6100 3.30ghz
16 gb Corsiar XMS3 DDR3 Ram
OCZ 64 gb SSD
1.5 gb WD Black HD
XFX Radeon 6670 (from the old machine)

Need to get a better video card later.

Edited by Norg, 16 July 2012 - 12:55 PM.

[OrbitalshocK]

Travers, on 16 July 2012 - 12:54 PM, said:

Went with Corsair SSDs. Hoping I've got ones from a good production run

One of mine was a corsair the other was a crucial m-something. I have an intel now though so we shall see!

[BigJim]

Travers, on 16 July 2012 - 12:35 PM, said:

Gonna have a backup policy and stick to it (this time dammit.. this time...) ., also kept the boxes / invoice etc.

This; When my Tagan Xilence 450w supply took my entire system out (about the same time you were building your last system) there was sod-all I could do because I'd thrown away all the boxes/paperwork..

Same as you I didn't build another machine until now..

Glad to see another build thread, throw some pics up soon as you can.

Edited by BigJim, 17 July 2012 - 12:27 AM.

[Aznpersuasion89]

[Aznpersuasion89]

Looks like I stole neweggs last 975 BE. Item is now deactivated....

[Vulpesveritas]

Aznpersuasion89, on 17 July 2012 - 07:19 AM, said:

Looks like I stole neweggs last 975 BE. Item is now deactivated....

lol, lucky grab, eh?

[Aznpersuasion89]

Just a reminder of obsolescence. How much do you think the piledriver will cost when its released?

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Aznpersuasion89, on 17 July 2012 - 08:31 AM, said:

Just a reminder of obsolescence. How much do you think the piledriver will cost when its released?

You'll likely see Bulldozer dip in price and piledriver take those price points would be my guess.
They are going to have to price well to compete with Intel in the home builders market, OEM wise its just never going to happen.

[fighTLast]

hmm i'm planning to change my graphic card and probably my RAM Chips too. If I want to play in style, the computer becomes as well. C:

[Aznpersuasion89]

That's not bad. IF they are everything they should be that price point would be good.

[Aznpersuasion89]

I don't really like how the CPU is packaged. Oh well, let assembly begin.